Wednesday, July 1, 2015

2015 - JUN - Spotlight Stories




Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-01 - At least four school buses destroyed by fire at 4 AM while parked in bus yard in Burlington (Canada):
http://www.chch.com/school-buses-destroyed-by-fire/
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5654211-school-bus-fire-deemed-not-suspicious-/
http://www.cp24.com/news/bus-yard-catches-fire-in-burlington-1.2400270
http://www.citynews.ca/2015/06/01/5-school-buses-catch-fire-at-burlington-school-bus-yard/
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/school-buses-destroyed-in-burlington-parking-lot-fire-1.2400329
http://www.680news.com/2015/06/01/5-school-buses-catch-fire-at-burlington-school-bus-yard/
http://myinforms.com/en/a/13509895-school-bus-fire-under-investigation/

2015-06-01 - School bus bursts into flame on Plympton Street in Middleborough (Massachusetts):
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/School-Bus-Destroyed-in-Fire-305765161.html
http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20150601/NEWS/150609528/12741/NEWS
http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20150601/NEWS/150609528/12662/NEWS
http://middleboroughnow.blogspot.com/2015/06/school-bus-catches-fire-in-middleboro.html
http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20150601/NEWS/150609528
http://www.topix.com/city/middleboro-ma/2015/06/1506010NM9HV

Note: These are the 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th and 125th school buses to burn in 2015 and the 336th, 337th, 338th, 339th and 340th buses to burn in 2015. 42 school buses burned in May, 24 in April, 20 in March, 19 in February and 16 in January. Hmmm, so apparently I'm off by one somewhere. Well, it's not really worth the time to look for it, especially since it looks like I'm UNDER counting. Hey, it's still 99%+ accurate! In any case, 16 -> 19 -> 20 -> 24 -> 42. That looks like escalation...

2015-06-01 - Underground electrical explosion and fire erupts near post office in downtown New Brunswick (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/06/explosion_rocks_civic_square_in_new_brunswick.html
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/New-Brunswick-New-Jersey-Fire-Transformer-City-Post-Office-305702721.html
http://7online.com/news/transformer-explodes-sparks-fire-at-new-brunswick-post-office/760311/
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2015/06/01/fire-forces-new-brunswick-building-evacuations/28304403/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/06/01/new-brunswick-fire/
http://nj1015.com/explosion-rocks-new-brunswick-post-office/

Quote: "Firefighters and city officials are on the scene of a fire at a post office in New Brunswick Monday. The flames were reportedly sparked by an underground transformer that exploded just before 11 a.m. at the building on Bayard Street and Kirkpatrick Street."

2015-06-01 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blows manhole off in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2015/06/01/crews-respond-manhole-cover-blows-detroit/28303061/

Note: Another underground fire just hit Detroit too, mentioned in the 2015-05-30 update...

2015-06-01 - Underground electrical fire breaks out near pub in Knighton (Britain):
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-breaking-news-plus-live-9355436

Quote: "Fire crews in Mid Wales were called to deal with an electrical fire in a manhole outside a pub. A spokeswoman from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service confirmed crews were alerted to the incident in Knighton at around 8.25am."

2015-06-01 - Bed bursts into flame at 3:12 AM as teen sleeps on it, at home in Hinchingbrooke Park (Britain):
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/family_flees_after_fire_engulfs_teenager_s_bed_in_hinchingbrooke_park_1_4097318
http://www.newseast.org.uk/news/family-flees-after-fire-engulfs-teenagers-bed-in-hinchingbrooke-park

Quote: "Lisa, who has lived in the house for nearly two years, said the fire had started underneath the bed but the cause remained a mystery."

Note: Sounds similar to an incident where a woman's hair burst into flame while she slept at home in Houston (Texas), mentioned in the 2013-11-30 update. Hair, bedding, both adsorbent flammable materials. The woman's hair probably ignited from static electricity after adsorbing odorless methane during the day. The bed could have ignited for the same reason, or maybe there was some rust (bed springs) or electrified copper nearby. You just can't count on your hair or bed not bursting into flame while you sleep anymore...!

2015-06-01 - 4000 homes damaged or destroyed by fire in coastal Pagadian City (Philippine Islands):
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/496806/news/regions/ndrrmc-4-000-families-affected-in-pagadian-city-fire

Quote: "Some 4,000 houses made of semi-concrete and light materials were damaged due to the fire, it added."

Note: These are just an assortment of some of the more notable fires on this day...



Category: Unusual Vehicular Accidents

2015-06-02 - Transit bus hits several vehicles, plows into pedestrians, on Lake Street in Chicago (Illinois), 1 killed, 8 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20150603-48507-USA
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cta-bus-crash-michigan-avenue-305912551.html
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/29223005/emergency-crews-responding-to-cta-bus-accident
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/8f4652c2fa5e48a3ae590878fb362bde/IL--Chicago-Bus-Accident
http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2015/06/cta-bus-crashes-into-plaza-injures-10-at-michigan-ave-and-lake-st-chicago/

Quote: "She ran outside to see the bus driver with his eyes closed, apparently unconscious."

Note: Might have lost consciousness before the crash, and that's why there was a crash in the first place. This area is near Lake Michigan...

2015-06-02 - Passenger bus overturns into ditch along canal road in Odisha (India), at least 40 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20150602-48495-IND

2015-06-02 - Tour bus veers off road, crashes into river valley, near Karaj (Iran), 25 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20150603-48502-IRQ
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2015/06/02/bus-plunges-into-iran-valley-25-iraqi-tourists-dead.html

2015-06-02 - Tanker truck crashes off bridge at 1:30 AM, explodes into flame, 44 shops and 21 vehicles destroyed, in coastal Lagos (Nigeria):
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/06/02/petrol-tanker-fire-burns-44-shops-21-cars-in-lagos/
http://www.channelstv.com/2015/06/02/shops-vehicles-burnt-as-tanker-falls-off-iyana-ipaja-bridge/

Quote: "An explosion rocked the area around 1:30am causing pandemonium as residents rushed out of their homes only to discover that a tanker had fallen off the Iyana Ipaja bridge. Balls of fire enveloped the area as the tanker, with registration number Lagos KJA 238 XN conveying 33,000 litres of premium motor spirit, PMS, fell from the bridge and spilled its contents. Residents of the area ran for safety as fire engulfed houses and cars."

2015-06-02 - Five tractor trailers, an RV and 15 cars crash along I-81 in Maryland:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20150603-48500-USA

Note: I just mentioned in the 2015-05-31 update that we should be expecting more incredible big-vehicle crashes. It's gonna get crazy! Well, crazier anyway. If you want more variety in vehicular mayhem, also see the passenger plane hit by a 'burning smell', the large number of planes that crashed on this day, many of them fatal crashes, and the person found burned to death in a burning car in the wee hours in Belgrade (Montana). This extinction event involves atmospheric contamination, so any vehicle that moves through the atmosphere will have problems, including cars, boats and aircraft...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-03 - Gas station explodes and burns in coastal Accra (Ghana), 175+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20150604-48526-GHA
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33003673
http://www.dawn.com/news/1186170/at-least-90-people-killed-in-ghana-petrol-station-fire
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/73-dead-ghana-explosion-gas-station-31518207
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/06/04/at-least-73-dead-in-ghana-after-explosion-at-gas-station
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/04/dozens-killed-in-ghana-petrol-station-explosion
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/breaking-explosion-rocks-ghana/48165563
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/04/ghana-gas-station-explosion_n_7508446.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3110571/Explosion-gas-station-Ghanas-capital-kills-78.html
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ghana-explosion-petrol-station-capital-accra-kills-78-1504364
http://www.voanews.com/content/ghana-fuel-station-explosion/2807031.html

Quote: "President Mahama visited the burnt-out petrol station and described the deaths as 'catastrophic' and 'almost unprecedented'."

2015-06-03 - Underground electrical fire breaks out at substation in Cincinnati (Ohio), blackouts ensue:
http://www.wlwt.com/news/duke-energy-transformer-fire-leaves-thousands-without-power-around-uc/33378086
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/power-outages-affect-more-than-5000-around-uc
http://snewsi.com/id/15215120804/Duke-Energy-Transformer-fire-leaves-thousands-without-power-around-UC

Quote: "Outage caused by fire in manhole at substation, officials say..."

2015-06-03 - Metal recycling plant goes up in flames, explosions mentioned too, in Joplin (Missouri):
http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/crime_and_courts/recycling-business-fire-loss-estimated-at/article_47b19ce9-68a6-5990-be04-2463711cb9e0.html
http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/large-fire-breaks-out-in-west-joplin/article_e02f8b50-0a46-11e5-ac00-878a85df5db8.html
http://www.fourstateshomepage.com/story/d/story/fire-crews-battle-blaze-at-usa-metal-recycling/29695/vkcUNhTSFUmUUVV-J0RyVw

2015-06-03 - Pallet and plastic recycling yard burns, fire spreads to auto salvage yard, gets huge, in coastal Liverpool (Britain):
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-docklands-fire-blaze-causes-9379362
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/liverpool-docklands-fire-inferno-salvage-5812241
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/investigation-underway-cause-huge-liverpool-9382595

2015-06-03 - Ferry ship hit by fire when truck bursts into flame in coastal Torpoint (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=33257&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Lorry-alert-Torpoint-Ferry/story-26634840-detail/story.html

Quote: "The Fire Service were called to assist a lorry on fire onboard the Torpoint Ferry. Local appliances were mobilised to the incident."

Note: This is 20th ferry to burn in 2015...

2015-06-03 - Car-carrier ship 'Courage' hit by fire, 100 cars burn, near the Isle of Wight (Britain):
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/13310581.Specialist_Hampshire_firefighters_called_in_after_100_car_blaze_on_ship/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/blaze-rips-through-cargo-ship-5818315
http://www.marinelink.com/news/usflagged-carrier-aboard392378.aspx
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Courage-8919922.html
http://onthewight.com/2015/06/03/hampshire-fire-crew-winched-onto-deck-of-fire-hit-car-carrier/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11649502/Aerial-view-of-car-carrier-hit-by-fire.html
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-06-03/car-transporter-on-fire-off-coast-of-isle-of-wight/
http://www.newseast.org.uk/news/fire-transporter-ship-returns-to-port
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-33005307

Quote: "The 'Courage' was diverted to Hampshire after it caught fire in the night of June 2, 2015, 40 miles off Harwich in Essex. The crew reported the fire to the UK Coastguard at Dover Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre just before 10 p.m."

Quote: "The blaze is feared to have damaged at least 100 cars it was transporting from Bremerhaven in Germany."

2015-06-03 - Car-hauler bursts into flame on the Indiana Toll Road in Bristol (Indiana):
http://www.fox28.com/story/29231838/2015/06/03/update-both-lanes-of-toll-road-open-no-injuries-reported-after-semi-fire
http://www.wkow.com/story/29231838/2015/06/03/update-both-lanes-of-toll-road-open-no-injuries-reported-after-semi-fire

Quote: "Indiana State Police say they received a call of a car hauler trailer fully engulfed in flames around 3:30pm. Both eastbound lanes were shut down at mile marker 99 in Bristol as crews responded to the scene."

Note: This is the 34th car-hauler to burn in 2015. So a truck fire on a ferry, a car-hauler SHIP hit by fire with 100 cars burning and yet another car-hauler truck going up in flames. More vehicles are igniting generally, parked or driven. Since most vehicles spend most of their time parked, more parked vehicles are spontaneously igniting, and sometimes those parked vehicles are on transport vehicles of one kind or another...

2015-06-03 - Man in his 60s killed when car explodes into flame on Castle Hill Road in Prestwich (Britain):
http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/13313959.Driver_dies_in_car_fire/
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/prestwich-car-fire-investigation-after-9394187
http://manchesterinnews.com/prestwich-car-fire-investigation-after-man-dies-in-car-blaze-tragedy/
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/prestwich-dead-car-fire-explodes-9393034
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/317218/tragedy-in-manchester-person-killed-after-car-explodes-in-prestwich.html

Quote: "Although police and firefighters arrived within minutes, they were unable to save the occupant. It is believed the Volvo estate was stationary at the time and is not thought to have been involved in any collision."

2015-06-03 - Person found dead in burning car at 2:20 AM in Fort Worth (Texas):
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article23012304.html

Note: And sometimes when the vehicles being driven ignite, it kills the occupant(s). And the parked vehicles igniting have been burning down homes here and there too, sometimes killing people indirectly that way. Some of the people killed in the car fires have been trapped inside when the power locks and windows stop working, so if you drive then you might want to keep something handy with which to cut seatbelts and break windows, in case that happens to you. You may only have seconds to act, assuming your vehicle doesn't just explode and kill you instantly, which is apparently what happened to that man in Prestwich...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-04 - Van bursts into flame just after midnight while parked at home on Capetown Road in coastal Ocean Pines (Maryland):
http://wgmd.com/vehicle-fire-in-ocean-pines/

Quote: "A ‘98 Chevy Astro van was ablaze in the driveway. The fire was quickly extinguished, but did damage another vehicle as well as the siding of the home."

2015-06-04 - Van bursts into flame while parked at supermarket in coastal Newport on the Isle of Wight (Britain):
http://iwradio.co.uk/news/van-fire-in-newport/
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/van-fire-at-supermarket-car-park-83112.aspx
http://www.southnews.org.uk/news/van-fire-at-supermarket-car-park

2015-06-04 - Van bursts into flame while parked at hospital, fire spreads to more vehicles, in coastal Letterkenny (Ireland):
http://www.highlandradio.com/2015/06/04/100139/
http://www.donegalnow.com/news/fire-services-rushes-to-fire-in-hospital-car-park/31629
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-hospital-carpark-as-van-bursts-into-flames-31277989.html
http://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-hospital-carpark-as-van-bursts-into-flames/ar-BBkGhwF

Quote: "A van burst into flames in a hospital carpark this afternoon causing damage to a number of nearby vehicles."

2015-06-04 - Van bursts into flame while parked in carpark on Deepdale Lane in Barrow-on-Trent (Britain), near the River Trent:
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Firefighters-called-van-blaze-Derbyshire/story-26637661-detail/story.html

2015-06-04 - Two SUVs and car go up in flames while parked in parking lot at Mill Creek Park in Youngstown (Ohio):
http://www.wfmj.com/story/29243591/fire-damages-three-vehicles-in-mill-creek-park
http://www.vindy.com/news/2015/jun/05/car-fire-spreads-other-vehicles-mill-creek-park/

Quote: "Authorities were called to a parking lot in the flats area of the park where a Chevy Cavalier and two SUVs were burning not far from the Silver Bridge. The flames first erupted in the Cavalier and spread to the SUVs which were parked along side of the Chevy."

2015-06-04 - Multiple cars destroyed by fire at 5:13 AM while parked at auto shop in Meadowview (Virginia):
http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/crime/authorities-investigating-car-fires-at-meadowview-va-business/article_6a3ca7be-0abb-11e5-894d-1f02751b6ada.html

2015-06-04 - Car bursts into flame while parked in carpark at shopping center on Vicar Lane in Chesterfield (Britain):
http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/grassroots/car-fire-inside-vicar-lane-car-park-1-7293744

Note: And here's another pile of parked vehicles spontaneously igniting, many of them in coastal areas or near rivers and such. A lot of these fires are probably going under the radar too - a house goes up in flames and inside the garage is a car, but nobody mentions that part in the news story, if there even is a news story. It really doesn't seem wise these days to park any kind of vehicle near anything you don't want to see on fire...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-05 - Fire in the cockpit sends passenger plane to emergency landing at airport in Windsor Locks (Connecticut):
http://abc13.com/news/flight-crew-puts-out-fire-in-plane-in-mid-air/769111/
http://6abc.com/news/flight-crew-puts-out-fire-in-plane-in-mid-air/769111/
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/videos/news/united-express-plane-catches-fire-mid-flight/vDTRh4/
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/29249828/pd-plane-with-fire-in-cockpit-lands-safely-at-bradley-airport
http://www.wfsb.com/story/29249828/pd-plane-with-fire-in-cockpit-lands-safely-at-bradley-airport
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/business/ap/united-express-flight-with-cockpit-fire-lands-in-connecticut/article_ce3781ac-986e-57d0-b8c7-36145ac50696.html

Quote: "An airplane was able to land safely at Bradley International Airport on Friday afternoon, even though there was a fire in the cockpit. Authorities said the United Express was headed from Newark airport to Bradley airport when a fire was reported in the cockpit around 12:15 p.m."

Quote: "'We have a fire in the cockpit,' the pilot can be heard saying in audio obtained by ABC News. 'We're going to declare an emergency.'"

Note: Also see the box truck that burst into flame at a car dealership in Windsor Locks on this day. This is the 64th aircraft to smoke or burn in 2015...

2015-06-05 - Ferry ship explodes and burns near the island of Bali (Indonesia), 19 injured:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/69162005/kiwis-flung-into-the-air-in-indonesian-ferry-explosion
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/69158946/kiwis-australians-badly-hurt-in-bali-ferry-blast
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-06/four-australians-injured-in-bali-ferry-explosion/6526782
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g294226-i7220-k8532516-Fast_boat_fire_en_route_Lombok_to_Bali-Bali.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/australian-tourists-hurt-in-bali-ferry-explosion-20150606-ghi2zf
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jun/06/four-australians-injured-in-engine-explosion-aboard-bali-bound-ferry

Quote: "Authorities told a contractor working for the ABC that 11 passengers received burns and eight suffered broken bones, but the details of individual injuries were unclear."

Note: This is the 21st ferry to burn in 2015...

2015-06-05 - Boat bursts into flame on trailer in coastal Murrells Inlet (South Carolina):
http://www.wtvm.com/story/29248800/boat-catches-fire-in-murrells-inlet
http://www.wistv.com/story/29248800/boat-catches-fire-in-murrells-inlet
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/29248800/boat-catches-fire-in-murrells-inlet
http://myinforms.com/en/a/13644693-boat-catches-fire-in-murrells-inlet/

Quote: "Captain Jerry Howerton with Murrells Inlet Garden City Fire Rescue says the 19-foot boat was still sitting on a trailer on at the public landing in Murrells Inlet when it caught fire."

Note: These are the 469th and 470th boats or ships to burn/explode in 2015...

2015-06-05 - More than 100 cars go up in flames in impound yard in coastal Durban (South Africa):
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/More-than-100-cars-burn-in-police-pound-20150605

Note: If this sounds familiar it's because 200 buses, trucks, cars, trailers and motorcycles were just destroyed at another impound yard, in Johannesburg (South Africa), mentioned in the 2015-05-28 update...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-06 - Indian Navy guided missile destroyer 'INS Delhi' hit by fire at 6:15 AM while docked in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Minor-Fire-Reported-Onboard-INS-Delhi/2015/06/07/article2854539.ece
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-minor-fire-reported-onboard-ins-delhi-2093405
http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/minor-fire-reported-onboard-ins-delhi/901020

Note: An offshore support ship just burst into flame off the coast near Mumbai last week too, mentioned in the 2015-05-31 update. Also see the deadly high-rise fire that killed 7 people and injured 25 more in Mumbai on this day...

2015-06-06 - Boat bursts into flame in the Great South Bay near coastal Fire Island (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/sayville/boat-goes-flames-great-south-bay
http://7online.com/news/3-rescued-from-water-in-suffolk-county-after-boat-catches-fire/770620/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NY-3-People-Rescude-Boat-Fire-Smoke-Water-306396791.html
http://patch.com/new-york/patchogue/boat-goes-flames-great-south-bay-0
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/06/07/long-island-water-rescue/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Police-rescue-3-from-water-after-boat-catches-6311995.php
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/long-island-police-rescue-men-jumped-boat-article-1.2249687
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/3-rescued-water-suffolk-county-photo-015501951.html
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/ABC7NY/607365920407875584

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2015-06-06 - Boat bursts into flame on Lake Erie in the West Harbor near Catawba Island Township (Ohio):
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/local/2015/06/06/two-swim-safety-boat-fire-west-harbor-area/28597653/

Quote: "The fire destroyed the boat, a 23-foot Thompson, and it burned to the water line, Gangway said. Firefighters do not know the cause of the blaze, he said."

Note: Also see the man who fell off his boat and died in Lake Erie near Catawba Island Township on this day...

2015-06-06 - Boat bursts into flame on the Colorado River in Austin (Texas):
http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/austin-fire-responds-fully-involved-boat-fire-26311.shtml
http://kxan.com/2015/06/06/boat-catches-fire-on-colorado-river-in-west-austin/
http://www.kvue.com/videos/news/local/2015/06/06/28623907/
http://www.topix.com/aircraft/2015/06/150606PK8CIV

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. A ferry just exploded and burned near the island of Bali (Indonesia) the day prior, injuring at least 19 people, mentioned in the 2015-06-05 update. Two days before that, another ferry was hit by fire when a truck burst into flame on it, in coastal Torpoint (Britain), and 100 cars went up in flames on a car-carrier ship near the Isle of Wight (Britain) on the same day, both events mentioned in the 2015-06-03 update. These are the 471st, 472nd, 473rd and 474th boats or ships to burn/explode in 2015...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-07 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blows multiple manholes off in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.foxbaltimore.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/146086-Manhole-explosion-in-downtown-Baltimore.shtml
http://maryland.newshub.us/baltimore/news/item/06-08-2015/Manhole%20explosion%20in%20downtown%20Baltimore
http://baltimore.cityandpress.com/node/9698040

Quote: "Baltimore City Fire officials say a manhole explosion occurred on North Charles and Fayette Streets Sunday morning. Officials were notified around 11 a.m. of an underground explosion with multiple manhole covers blown off."

2015-06-07 - Underground electrical fire erupts in Sacramento (California):
http://fox40.com/2015/06/07/underground-transformer-on-fire-downtown/
http://myinforms.com/en/a/13691302-underground-transformer-on-fire-downtown/
http://snewsi.com/id/15215330476/Underground-Transformer-on-Fire-Downtown

2015-06-07 - Utility pole bursts into flame near Cadillac (Michigan), blackouts ensue:
http://www.minews26.com/content/?p=38456

2015-06-07 - Power station rocked by explosion and fire near coastal Port Augusta (Australia), 3 injured:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-07/four-people-injured-after-explosion-at-sa-power-station/6528114
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/firefighters-injured-at-sa-power-station/story-e6frfku9-1227386982314
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/06/07/four-injured-in-sa-power-station-explosion.html
http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/3130682/explosion-at-port-augusta-power-station/
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/3130682/explosion-at-port-augusta-power-station/
http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/3130682/explosion-at-port-augusta-power-station/

Note: More electrical infrastructure exploding and/or burning...

2015-06-07 - Landfill hit by fire in Stanway (Britain):
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/fire_crews_tackle_landfill_blaze_in_stanway_over_several_hours_1_4102961
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i4192/

2015-06-07 - Recycling center hit by massive blaze in Rochester (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/enormous-black-smoke-cloud-towers-5842784
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/huge-fire-sends-pall-of-38211/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33043065
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-06-07/recycling-centre-fire-in-medway/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3114503/Plumes-black-smoke-seen-miles-firefighters-tackle-massive-blaze-broken-plastic-recycling-centre.html

Quote: "The blaze broke out at a recycling centre in Clipper Way but people as far away as Greenhithe and even London have reported seeing a huge plume of smoke. At one stage the column of smoke could be seen 30 miles away as far as Whitstable."

Note: This area is surrounded on three sides by the River Medway. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2015-06-07 - Recycling center devastated by huge inferno near Aspropyrgos (Greece), near the coast, nobody there:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_06/06/2015_550755
http://en.enikos.gr/society/30147,Fire-in-recycling-plant-south-of-Athens-blackens-the-sky-PHOTOS.html
http://www.newsingreece.com/kathimerini/fire-damages-recycling-plant-near-aspropyrgos/
http://article.wn.com/view/2015/06/06/Fire_damages_recycling_plant_near_Aspropyrgos/
http://www.topix.com/world/greece/2015/06/150606S737GV

Quote: "A large fire broke out at a private recycling factory in the area of Nea Zoi, near Aspropyrgos, southeast Athens, on Saturday, resulting in extensive damage to the recycling unit, authorities said."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-08 - Russian Tu-95 bomber bursts into flame at takeoff, aborts takeoff, in the Amur Region (Russia), 1 killed, 5 injured:
http://www.dw.de/russia-grounds-tu-95-bombers-after-engine-fire/a-18504097
http://europe.newsweek.com/overstretched-russian-air-force-suffers-three-jet-crashes-five-days-328470
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0256-military-plane-crash-kills-one-and-injures-up-to-six-more-in-russian-far-east/

Quote: "Russia has grounded its Tupolev long-range bombers after one caught fire and ran off the runway during training, according to the Defense Ministry."

Quote: "Eyewitnesses said the aircraft was completely destroyed, with officials saying the accident was caused by a fire in one of the engines. Only the tail section has been left intact. According to the press service of the Defence Ministry several crew members were injured and taken to hospital. Sources say three people are being treated in Belogorsk, with the crew commander suffering severe burns covering 75 per cent of his body."

2015-06-08 - Smoke in the cockpit sends passenger plane to emergency landing at airport in coastal Clearwater (Florida):
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/smoke-in-cockpit-leads-to-emergency-landing
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/08/allegiant-plane-makes-emergency-landing/28711607/
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2015/06/08/plane-in-trouble-inbound-to-st-pete-clearwater-airport/28703407/

Quote: "An Allegiant Air flight returned to St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport minutes after takeoff Monday because of smoke in the cabin, according to the airline."

2015-06-08 - Small plane makes emergency landing and bursts into flame at airport in Stead (Nevada):
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Small-Airplane-Makes-Emergency-Landing-at-Stead-Airport-306559281.html
http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-near-Reno/fS-CQjorQ0uv1GTm-rDcvA.cspx
http://www.ktvn.com/story/29269682/plane-make-emergency-landing-at-stead-airport
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jun/09/fire-destroys-small-plane-after-2-survive-emergenc/

Quote: "Airport spokeswoman Heidi Jared says the single-engine plane caught fire after it landed on airport property near one of the runways about 3 p.m. The pilot had radioed ahead that the plane was experiencing engine trouble and emergency crews were on the scene when it landed and quickly extinguished the fire."

Quote: "They say a fire destroyed the plane but the pilot and another passenger walked away safely."

Quote: "It's unclear whether the fire was before or after the landing, airport spokeswoman Heidi Jared reports."

Note: These are the 65th, 66th and 67th aircraft to smoke or burn in 2015...

2015-06-08 - Chemical business destroyed by massive fire and explosions just before 3:30 AM in Conewago Township (Pennsylvania):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20150608-48571-USA
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/06/hanover_chemical_plant_fire.html
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/06/08/massive-chemical-plant-fire-burns-near-gettysburg/
http://6abc.com/news/explosions-rock-chemical-plant-near-harrisburg/772679/
http://7online.com/news/massive-fire-burns-at-pa-chemical-plant;-shelter-in-place-ordered/772653/
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/06/adams_county_fire_crews_on_sce.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fire-burns-miller-chemical-hanover-pennsylvania-n371421
http://photos.eveningsun.com/2015/06/08/photos-adams-county-chemical-fire/#1
http://www.local21news.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/Crews-battle-2-alarm-fire-at-chemical-building-146236.shtml
http://videowall.accuweather.com/detail/videos/trending-now/video/4282892475001/fire-at-chemical-plant-sends-smoke-billowing-into-sky

2015-06-08 - Science lab erupts in flame at high school in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Ben-Franklin-High-School-Fire-306489151.html
http://6abc.com/education/fire-shuts-down-ben-franklin-high-school/772776/

2015-06-08 - Chemistry building damaged by basement fire at university in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://nypost.com/2015/06/08/fire-erupts-at-cuny-campus-in-manhattan/

Quote: "Officials said the blaze was first reported at 10:38 a.m. at the City College of New York’s Baskerville Hall, which belongs to the chemistry department at the CUNY school. The fire erupted in the basement of the building, according to authorities."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Likewise, chemical plants of all types will burn and/or explode, including biofuels plants, fertilizer plants, specialty chemical plants, petroleum-related facilities and more."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-09 - Oil depot devastated by explosions and massive inferno near Vasylkiv (Ukraine), 5 killed, some injured:
http://www.sott.net/article/297588-Fire-engine-ambulance-ablaze-at-Ukraine-oil-depot-fire-VIDEO
http://927thevan.com/news/articles/2015/jun/09/fuel-depot-blazes-in-ukraine-three-firemen-missing/
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20150609-48589-UKR
http://www.dw.de/gigantic-blaze-rages-on-at-fuel-depot-near-ukrainian-capital/a-18504551
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33060644
http://www.richmond.com/news/latest-news/ap/article_eaa9c213-68c3-5362-acb1-3e24084f3a1d.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/06/09/fuel-depot-fire-near-ukraine-capital-kills-1-injures-several-others/
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/0609/Ukraine-fuel-depot-blaze-under-control-1-person-killed-three-firemen-missing

Quote: "A massive fire at a Ukrainian fuel depot killed five people on Tuesday, officials said, including three firemen who went missing after the flames triggered a powerful explosion."

2015-06-09 - Natural gas line explodes and burns in Jordan Township (Pennsylvania):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20150610-48603-USA
http://wnep.com/2015/06/09/homes-evacuated-after-reported-gas-line-explosion/
http://myinforms.com/en/a/13751639-homes-evacuated-after-reported-gas-line-explosion/
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/gas-line-explosion-in-lycoming-county-involves-pipeline-owned-by/article_1e1f7fcc-0f76-11e5-a35e-db7d39c8e3fa.html

2015-06-09 - Underground electrical fire blacks out apartment complex in Porterville (California):
http://www.recorderonline.com/news/fire-leaves-complex-in-dark/article_07872e6c-0ee6-11e5-9dbe-3371ae166b34.html

Note: Probably all that snow and salt they're dealing with during their heatwave out there *cough cough*...

2015-06-09 - Electrical substation damaged by fire along BART line in coastal Fremont (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_28282725/bart-fremont-trains-stopped-by-power-unit-fire
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/06/09/bart-substation-fire-stops-service-for-riders-between-hayward-and-fremont/
http://kron4.com/2015/06/09/c/

2015-06-09 - Electrical room goes up in flames at Time Warner building in Herndon (Virginia):
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Time-Warner-Building-Catches-Fire-306725101.html

Quote: "Fairfax County firefighters saw a transformer in flames outside when they arrived at 13820 Sunrise Valley Dr. They also discovered a fire in the electrical supply room which contains the building power supply and battery packs."

2015-06-09 - Boy, 9, burned from unknown cause on coastal Seabrook Island (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/2015/06/09/3786612_incident-that-led-to-burton-boy.html

Quote: "However, it is still unknown exactly how the boy suffered the burns."

Quote: "Bromage said the investigation by the Sheriff's Office into the incident is considered closed."

Note: 'We don't know how he got burned, but it wasn't a crime. Case closed!' Obviously they wanted this story to go away immediately. People might be alarmed to know that their kids can mysteriously go up in flames at any time now. Can't have people discussing that! A guy's pants just ignited on a bus too, in Marshfield (Wisconsin), mentioned in the 2015-06-07 update. A girl's bed burst into flame at 3:12 AM while she slept, at home in Hinchingbrooke Park (Britain), mentioned in the 2015-06-01 update. Bedding and clothes are both adsorbing methane and/or hydrogen sulfide and igniting, sometimes via static electricity, so there will be more people igniting because of this problem as time goes on...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-10 - Landfill erupts in flame near Suwannee (Florida):
http://ga.prepcountry.net/2015/06/11/landfill-still-smoldering-following-tuesday-fire/
http://www.suwanneedemocrat.com/news/landfill-still-smoldering-following-tuesday-fire/article_ea308f44-1038-11e5-8847-837b76a138ba.html

2015-06-10 - Plastic recycling business destroyed by fire in coastal Bangkok (Thailand):
http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/fire-guts-samut-prakarn-recycling-factory/96621/

2015-06-10 - Recycling center hit by fire in Denbigh (Britain):
http://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/149014/large-fire-at-denbigh-recycling-centre.aspx

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."

2015-06-10 - Mysterious explosions shake homes and alarm people in Dinwiddie County (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2015/06/10/chesterfield-dinwiddie-and-prince-george-mystery-booms/
http://www.sott.net/article/297666-Mystery-booms-shake-houses-in-Dinwiddie-County-Virginia

2015-06-10 - Man ignites while siphoning gas at home near Haysville (Kansas), 1 injured:
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article23723671.html

Quote: "The 58-year-old man burned in the fire was a caretaker for the property, Segraves said. He lived there with a friend. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but Segraves said that the man who was burned may have been attempting to siphon gasoline from a vehicle, according to some witnesses. He had burns on his leg, and Segraves estimated his body was approximately 9 percent burned. He was transported in critical condition to Via Christi Hospital St. Francis."

Note: Possibly the work of the Ghostly Match. I mentioned siphoning specifically. You'll never see it coming...

2015-06-10 - Man, 73, found dead in burned-out truck in Minot (North Dakota):
http://www.inforum.com/news/3763961-body-found-burned-vehicle-near-minot-identified
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/authorities-identify-body-found-in-burned-out-truck/article_6b464e09-4a99-5991-9742-1f96828a75cc.html

Quote: "The Ward County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday said the pickup and the body of 73-year-old Dennis Leith, of Norwich, were discovered about 10 a.m. Tuesday. The fire was already out, and authorities believe the blaze occurred sometime during the preceding night. Leith's body was sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Bismarck for an autopsy. The sheriff's office says no foul play is suspected in this case."

Note: So just another person burning to death in a vehicle. Nothing weird about that!



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-11 - Underground machinery explodes at business in Poway (California), 5 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20150611-48608-USA
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Explosion-Reported-in-Poway-306824591.html
http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/06/10/explosion-heard-at-building-in-poway/
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Witnesses-Recount-Poway-Building-Explosion-306839641.html
http://www.10news.com/news/injuries-reported-after-explosion-at-poway-business
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/10/explosion-blast-quantum-energy-storage-poway/

Quote: "While the company has not commented on the incident, investigators say the malfunction came from a circular device in the ground, which rotates and creates centrifugal force. The device exploded and sent pieces of the walls flying. It even sent a 10-pound piece of steel — about the size of a catcher's mitt — rocketing over Scripps Poway Parkway into MC Suite, where Ray Butcher works. The building is nearly a quarter of a mile away."

2015-06-11 - Underground gas line explodes and blows crater in the ground at 6:30 AM at Boeing plant in coastal North Charleston (South Carolina):
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/29294124/boeing-underground-nitrogen-line-failed-caused-explosion-and-crater
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150611/PC16/150619887/gas-line-explosion-reported-at-north-charleston-boeing-plant

2015-06-11 - Underground electrical vault hit by fire in Pasadena (California):
http://www.insidesocal.com/sgvcrime/2015/06/11/pasadena-bakery-evacuated-due-to-electrical-vault-fire/
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20150611/corner-bakery-cafe-in-pasadena-evacuated-due-to-electrical-vault-fire
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2015/06/11/pasadena-restaurant-evacuated-after-fire-starts-in-electrical-vault/

2015-06-11 - Transformer explodes and burns in Carnegie (Pennsylvania), shopping center goes dark:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/transformer-explosion-closes-part-washington-pike/nmbQj/

2015-06-11 - Transformer bursts into flame along Route 10 in Livingston (New Jersey):
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/livingston/categories/community-announcements/articles/transformer-fire-shuts-down-okner-parkway-thursda

2015-06-11 - Recycling center hit by fire, dumpster burns, in Simi Valley (California):
http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/simi-valley/dumpster-fire-reported-at-simi-recycling-center_48479810
http://www.wopular.com/dumpster-fire-reported-simi-recycling-center

2015-06-11 - Recycling plant hit by explosion and huge fire in Bromborough (Britain):
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/bromborough-blaze-sends-huge-plumes-9438463

Quote: "One mum said she heard a 'boom' and then saw the fire."

Note: And here's another pile of underground fires/explosions, electrical infrastructure burning, and more recycling fires...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-12 - Underground explosion and fire blows manhole cover off, cover hits kids on bikes, in coastal Bronx (New York), 2 injured:
http://article.wn.com/view/2015/06/13/3_injured_after_explosion_sends_manhole_cover_flying/
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/flying-manhole-cover-hurts-2-kids-bikes-bronx-article-1.2256877
http://nypost.com/2015/06/13/3-injured-after-explosion-sends-manhole-cover-flying/
http://www.wopular.com/3-injured-after-explosion-sends-manhole-cover-flying

Quote: "A metal plate covering the underground equipment on Webster Ave. near E. 188th St. in Fordham Heights sailed into the air around 8:30 p.m. and struck the two children as they pedaled."

2015-06-12 - Underground electrical fire erupts in the wee hours in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20150612/Manhole-Fire-Erupts-In-Brooklyn-New-York/
http://twitter.com/aidandyoung/status/609187877965144067/photo/1

2015-06-12 - Underground electrical fire hits coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150612/midtown/video-manhole-fire-causes-smoke-billow-over-midtown-fdny-says
http://omnifeed.com/article/newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/06/12/manhole-fire-midtown/
http://myinforms.com/en/a/13831491-manhole-fire-causes-smoke-to-billow-in-midtown/
http://snewsi.com/id/15215591053/Manhole-Fire-Causes-Smoke-To-Billow-In-Midtown

Note: So three underground explosions/fires in one day in New York City...

2015-06-12 - Explosion occurs on street at 3:30 AM in coastal Malmö (Sweden), 2 injured:
http://www.thelocal.se/20150612/two-men-hurt-in-malm-explosion-overnight

Quote: "The blast also caused damage to several cars and a telephone box, while windows were smashed in nearby properties. Police in the city said it was unclear what had caused the explosion, which took place at around 3.30am in the suburb of Södra Sofielund, close to the city centre and one of the biggest medical hubs in the region, Skåne University Hospital."

Quote: "In February, a car blast in the city centre shattered several windows at Malmö's Museum of Modern Art. And back in December, a series of explosions damaged buildings in the east of the city."

Note: Might've been one of those cars exploding. Speaking of exploding cars...

2015-06-12 - Car explodes as people drive down street in coastal Gothenburg (Sweden), 4 killed:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/13/four-killed-in-car-explosion-in-sweden
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/police-dead-car-explosion-sweden-31739351
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20150613-48651-SWE
http://www.coastreporter.net/1-dead-multiple-injuries-in-car-explosion-in-swedish-city-of-goteborg-1.1967652
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/multiple-injuries-car-explosion-sweden-31726619
http://www.wnem.com/story/29307727/multiple-injuries-in-car-explosion-in-sweden
http://nypost.com/2015/06/12/multiple-injuries-in-car-explosion-in-sweden/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141116316

Quote: "Rescue spokesman Bosse Andersson said the car exploded in a roundabout near a fire station. He said that when rescuers from the fire station arrived at the scene they found the car 'severely demolished.' The cause of the blast was not immediately clear. Located on the country’s southwestern coast, Goteborg is Sweden’s second largest city."

Quote: "Few details were initially released, but police confirmed on Saturday that three people had been pronounced dead at the scene. The girl was taken to hospital where she later died."

Note: Other vehicles have exploded and burned and injured or killed people, but so far it's mostly been one person at a time dying like this. But it's random, so sometimes there will be more than one person in a vehicle when it explodes. Gettin' kinda 'splodey there on the coast in Sweden...

2015-06-12 - Business destroyed by huge fire, two homes burn too, in coastal Corolla (North Carolina):
http://wtvr.com/2015/06/13/corolla-fire-at-brindley-beach-vacation-and-sales-center/
http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/06/12/major-in-fire-in-corolla-consumes-one-building-others-involved/
http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/major-fire-destroys-structures-corolla-2904857
http://wtkr.com/2015/06/12/large-fire-burns-homes-in-currituck-nc-12-closed/
http://www.13newsnow.com/story/news/2015/06/12/multi-structure-fire-in-corolla/71158444/
http://myinforms.com/en/a/13845265-firefighters-from-several-stations-fighting-massive-fire-in-corolla/

Quote: "A chimney is all that’s left of what used to be the 12,000 square foot building."

Note: Hard to be any more coastal than the Outer Banks. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...



Category: Animal Die-Offs

2015-06-13 - Large numbers of sheep dying across Iceland from unknown cause:
http://grapevine.is/news/2015/06/10/massive-unexplained-sheep-death-across-iceland/

Quote: "The wide area over which the deaths are occurring – as well as the alarming rate at which sheep are dying off – has many farmers worried. In some cases, half of entire flocks have been lost."

2015-06-13 - Humpback whale washes ashore dead at Mount Desert Island (Maine):
http://bangordailynews.com/2015/06/12/news/hancock/body-of-dead-humpback-whale-washes-upon-mdi/
http://www.sott.net/article/297732-Dead-humpback-whale-found-on-shore-of-Mount-Desert-Island-Maine

2015-06-13 - Fin whale found dead off the coast of New Jersey:
http://www.sott.net/article/297733-Dead-fin-whale-seen-off-New-Jersey-coast
http://www.app.com/story/sports/outdoors/fishing/hook-line-and-sinker/2015/06/12/dead-fin-whale-reported-new-jersey-coast/71141278/

2015-06-13 - Hundreds of fish wash ashore dead at beach in coastal Rivedoux (France):
http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/poitou-charentes/2015/06/11/ile-de-re-des-centaines-de-poissons-morts-echoues-sur-la-plage-de-rivedoux-17-745017.html
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffrance3-regions.francetvinfo.fr%2Fpoitou-charentes%2F2015%2F06%2F11%2File-de-re-des-centaines-de-poissons-morts-echoues-sur-la-plage-de-rivedoux-17-745017.html&edit-text=&act=url

2015-06-13 - Thousands of tuna crabs washing ashore dead or dying at beaches in and near coastal San Diego (California):
http://abcnews.go.com/US/tuna-crabs-invade-san-diego-beaches-thousands/story?id=31725696
http://www.sott.net/article/297720-Thousands-of-tuna-crabs-invade-San-Diego-beaches

2015-06-13 - Huge number of fish found dead in Evergreen Lake in Xiamen (China):
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150613/43968572_0.shtml
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ifeng.com%2Fa%2F20150613%2F43968572_0.shtml&edit-text=&act=url

2015-06-13 - Around 40 tons of fish found dead in ponds in China:
http://zssb.zsnews.cn/Article/view/cateid/73/id/2316.html
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fzssb.zsnews.cn%2FArticle%2Fview%2Fcateid%2F73%2Fid%2F2316.html&edit-text=&act=url

Note: It's not just people sickening and dying all over the place but animals too, and especially oceanic species. In the Permian-Triassic extinction event - the same as the one currently underway - around 95% of ocean species went extinct, and around 70% of land-based species went extinct. Any species which reproduces slowly or which takes longer than a year or two to reach reproductive maturity is likely to die off entirely. Obviously that includes human beings...



Category: Animal Attacks

2015-06-14 - In separate incidents, sharks attack and injure two teens, each one loses an arm, at Oak Island (North Carolina):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150615-48674-USA
http://abc7chicago.com/news/shark-came-out-of-the-water-and-bit-off-teens-arm-witness/785930/
http://wtvr.com/2015/06/14/oak-island-nc-shark-attack/
http://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article24545674.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/15/shark-attacks-in-north-carolina-have-tourists-caut/
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/possible-shark-bite-reported-oak-island/nmcrK/
http://q13fox.com/2015/06/14/two-teens-lose-limbs-in-separate-shark-attacks-at-same-beach/
http://fox2now.com/2015/06/14/two-teens-lose-limbs-in-separate-shark-attacks-at-same-beach/
http://www.wect.com/story/29316814/2-teens-lose-limbs-following-reported-shark-bites-in-oak-island
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/teenagers-injured-in-shark-attacks-31302350.html

Quote: "Two teenagers were seriously injured in two separate shark attacks in the same North Carolina town on Sunday, terrifying beach goers and prompting one shocked witness to compare the scene to the movie 'Jaws.'"

Quote: "Brunswick County Dispatchers said that they received the first call at 4:12 p.m., and agencies including Oak Island Police and the Air Link Helicopter went to the scene. The second shark attack was reported at 5:30 p.m."

Quote: "A 12-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy each lost an arm Sunday in separate shark attacks at the same North Carolina beach."

Quote: "'He looked like he was waving at his friends,' Randy Milligan said of the unidentified 16-year-old boy who was attacked. 'Then the shark just came out of the water and like you snap your fingers -- bit his whole arm off.' Milligan told ABC News that the shark was large and was able to fit the majority of the boy's left arm in one bite."

Note: That's some serious Jaws action there! I wonder if their normal prey is dying off. There have been many fish kills reported in North Carolina. There was also a mysterious huge explosion off the coast of North Carolina in March, followed by a massive number of dead fish washing ashore, mentioned in the 2015-03-18 update. That was likely a methane and/or hydrogen sulfide bubble breaching the surface and exploding, and either the explosion or suffocation killed those fish, or both. Last August scientists reported discovering at least 570 new seeps venting methane along the East Coast from North Carolina to Massachusetts, mentioned in the 2014-08-24 update. So if sharks lose their normal prey, they might just start snacking on whatever is handy and easy to kill, like people. From the full hypothesis: "Predators will attempt to adapt to the changes in the biosphere and may turn to our pets or to us as an alternate source of nutrition."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-15 - 20 vehicles and street department building destroyed by fire in Colville (Washington), nobody there:
http://www.khq.com/story/29318810/20-city-of-colville-vehicles-destroyed-in-fire
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/fire-destroys-colville-street-department-facility/33597082
http://www.kulr8.com/story/29318810/20-city-of-colville-vehicles-destroyed-in-fire
http://www.khq.com/story/29318810/breaking-massive-fire-overnight-in-colville

Quote: "Flames engulfed the street department's storage building which housed around 20 vehicles inside, including dump trucks and front end loaders. With the assistance of the Arden and Kettle Falls Fire Departments, crews were able to put out the flames, but the buildings and vehicles are considered to be a total loss."

Quote: "'Dump trucks sweepers snow plow trucks front and loaders, pretty much every large piece of equipment,' Manke added. 'There is nothing salvageable in there.'"

2015-06-15 - Car warehouse containing up to 30 cars erupts in flame in the wee hours in Rutherglen (Scotland):
http://news.stv.tv/west-central/1322922-fire-crews-tackle-fire-at-farme-castle-industrial-estate-rutherglen/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-33130886

Quote: "More than 25 firefighters tackled a blaze at a building in South Lanarkshire containing up to 30 vehicles. The fire broke out at Farme Castle Industrial Estate, Duchess Place in Rutherglen, in the early hours of Monday morning."

2015-06-15 - Auto parts factory erupts in flame at 1 AM, fire gets big, in Gurgaon (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/community/major-fire-at-auto-parts-unit-in-g-gaon/94143.html
http://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-components/major-fire-at-automotive-parts-unit-in-gurgaon/47679071

2015-06-15 - Man, 36, found burned to death in burning car at 4 AM at campsite along the Blackfoot River (Montana):
http://mtstandard.com/news/local/man-whose-body-found-in-burned-car-is-identified/article_47f02166-1cf1-5f24-b789-42344d762881.html

Quote: "Authorities on Tuesday identified a man whose body was found in a vehicle destroyed by fire last week at a campground in northern Powell County. He is Colin Patrick McKnight, 36, of Bonner, according to Sheriff Scott Howard. The cause of death and fire are unknown at this time, but no foul play is suspected, authorities said. The fire occurred in the early morning hours of June 11 at the Harry Morgan Campground, a Forest Service fishing access on the Blackfoot River along the Ovando-Helmville road."

Note: Any vehicle that is made of steel or which uses electrified copper is a fire risk now. It doesn't matter whether they're running or not - plenty of parked vehicles are spontaneously igniting now, often in the wee hours. Eventually any vehicle that's made with steel (e.g. any vehicle which rusts) or which uses electrified copper will burn. It's just a matter of time...



Category: Other Stories Of Interest

2015-06-16 - Mount Bulusan erupts in the Philippine Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20150616-48691-PHL
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/philippine-volcano-spews-ash-violent-eruption-expected-31794408
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/philippine-volcano-spews-ash-no-violent-eruption-expected/
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/112556/phivolcs-records-23-quakes-2-steam-driven-explosion-at-bulusan
http://www.mb.com.ph/phivolcs-records-23-volcanic-earthquakes-2-steam-driven-explosion-in-mt-bulusan/

2015-06-16 - Mount Asama erupts near coastal Tokyo (Japan):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11677199/Mount-Asama-volcano-erupts-near-Tokyo.html
http://www.sott.net/article/297846-Small-eruption-at-Mount-Asama-near-Tokyo
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/61-mount-asama-volcano-erupts-near-tokyo-geologic-activity-increasing-for-japan/

2015-06-16 - Sinabung continues erupting in Indonesia, 10,000 people have evacuated, others refuse to leave:
http://www.smh.com.au/world/indonesian-volcano-mount-sinabung-erupts-over-10000-evacuated-20150616-ghpn9y.html
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/indonesian-volcano-mount-sinabung-erupts-over-10000-evacuated/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/indonesian-volcano-set-to-blow-but-thousands-of-villagers-refuse-to-flee/

2015-06-16 - Cleveland Volcano (Alaska) growing restless again:
https://www.adn.com/article/20150617/alaska-s-cleveland-volcano-restless-again
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/alaskas-cleveland-volcano-reentering-renewed-period-of-unrest/

2015-06-16 - Volcano Cotopaxi (Ecuador) belching gas, under alert:
http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3902821&Itemid=1
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/white-alert-for-ecuadorian-volcano-cotopaxi/

Note: Volcanic activity around the world continues to escalate, exactly as predicted by MISA Theory in 2010. MISA Theory leads to the Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis, which leads to the end of most life on Earth, just as has happened in Earth's past. This is one of Earth's 'golden oldies' in terms of extinction events...



Category: Other Stories Of Interest

2015-06-17 - Gas erupts from pond at golf course in Lambton Shores (Canada), on Lake Huron:
http://www.theobserver.ca/2015/06/17/gas-found-bubbling-out-of-small-pond-in-lambton-shores
http://www.lakeshoreadvance.com/2015/06/17/natural-gas-leak-at-indian-hills-golf-course

Quote: "The Ministry of Natural Resources has sent a spill action team to a natural gas leak on Lakeshore Road, just east of Indian Hills Trail in West Lambton Shores, Lambton OPP reported Wednesday morning. The team joins police, fire and Union Gas crews. They were called out at approximately 7:52 a.m. Wednesday by a report of an odour and arrived to find natural gas bubbling up out of a small pond, police said. It was determined to be a gas pocket, police said. Lambton OPP are asking the public to avoid the area, and said Indian Hills Trail West was restricted to local traffic. Police said it was unknown how long the gas leak, described as a natural event, would continue."

Note: Natural gas is odorless, so this wasn't JUST natural gas leaking. That people described it as 'an odor of gas' means that they smelled 'rotten egg' odor. The bacteria that produce hydrogen sulfide eat natural gas (e.g. methane), so this had to be hydrogen sulfide AND natural gas exploding out of that pond. This is the same thing they said in California when gas erupted out of Santa Monica Bay and hit Santa Monica with a foul odor, mentioned in the 2013-03-03 update - they said that was a 'naturally-occurring methane release'. I'm sure there WAS some methane that exploded out of the ocean in the bay there, but there was ALSO hydrogen sulfide, which is what the 'foul odor' was.

The 'naturally-occurring' part doesn't mean there's nothing to worry about. The Permian-Triassic extinction - the 'Great Dying' - was a 'naturally-occurring' event too, but it still killed most life on this planet, and the current extinction event will do the same. Maybe your corpse will end up with a toe tag on it that says 'died from naturally-occurring event', but dead is still dead...

2015-06-17 - Around 50 people, mostly children, sickened by gas at elementary school in coastal Basud (Philippine Islands):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20150618-48730-PHL
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/699304/suspected-toxic-gas-downs-50-people-in-camnorte-town

Quote: "At least 50 people, most of them children, got sick in a suspected gas poisoning inside a public elementary school in the town of Basud in Camarines Norte on Wednesday..."

Quote: "Fama said that when the responding policemen led by Inspector Ace Juan Flores arrived at the school, they found about 50 pupils and teachers from different levels who were experiencing stomach ache, vomiting and nausea. He said the foul smell was already gone when policemen got to the school but the victims described the odor as similar to that of a fertilizer or some kind of medicine or chemical that they could not identify."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. Four children were just gassed to death in a hotel in Mash'had (Iran) too, and 18 more children were injured, mentioned in the 2015-06-08 update...



Category: Animal Die-Offs

2015-06-18 - At least 9 endangered fin whales found dead in the water near Alaska:
http://www.adn.com/article/20150618/9-endangered-whales-found-dead-alaska-waters-recent-weeks
http://www.adn.com/article/20150618/9-fin-whales-found-dead-alaska-waters-recent-weeks
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/06/18/responders-say-at-least-endangered-fin-whales-found-dead-near-alaska-kodiak/
http://www.sott.net/article/297998-9-fin-whales-found-dead-in-Alaska-waters-in-recent-weeks
http://hosted2.ap.org/AKJUN/504f353a831b401ab784dcfd4a71bae7/Article_2015-06-18-US--Dead%20Whales%20Found/id-9dddd88112654773b24a3e08470d67b5
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/at-least-fin-whales-found-dead-near-kodiak-island/article_3ad4086a-1609-11e5-af19-8bf5ba300cef.html

Quote: "'We rarely see more than one fin whale carcass every couple of years,' said Kate Wynne, a UAF professor and Alaska Sea Grant marine mammal specialist, and the recent rash of dead whale discoveries is 'mysterious.'"

Quote: "They travel and feed in tight groups, behavior that supports the idea that the whales encountered something toxic at the same time in May, the UAF release said."

Quote: "The single whale that they were able to examine had no obvious injuries and had a thick layer of blubber, a sign of good body condition, Witteveen said. 'It was a really healthy animal; there weren’t any obvious signs of cause of death,' she said."

Note: Just like all the healthy people being found mysteriously dead. The story also mentions some dead walruses and seabirds...

2015-06-18 - Hundreds of seabirds found dead at beach in Chorrillos District (Peru):
http://www.rpp.com.pe/2015-06-17-chorrillos-cientos-de-gaviotas-aparecen-muertas-en-playa-villa-noticia_808223.html
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rpp.com.pe%2F2015-06-17-chorrillos-cientos-de-gaviotas-aparecen-muertas-en-playa-villa-noticia_808223.html&edit-text=&act=url

2015-06-18 - Sixth major mass extinction wiping out life on Earth:
http://www.livescience.com/51281-sixth-mass-extinction-is-here.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33209548
http://www.sott.net/article/298009-More-proof-Earth-is-in-its-6th-mass-extinction



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-19 - Ferry ship 'Stena Transit' bursts into flame near coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Stena-Transit-9469388.html
http://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/Humber-lifeboat-launched-to-ferry-fire1.aspx
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Humber-lifeboat-launched-ferry-drama/story-26734447-detail/story.html

Quote: "On June 19, 2015, at 9.26 p.m. the lifeboat 'Pride of the Humber' from Humber RNLI were tasked by the HM Coastguard to go and stand by the 'Stena Transit' which was suffering an engine room fire. The vessel had 180 persons on board so the lifeboat made best speed to its location anchored in the shipping channel just off Grimsby. Once on scene the lifeboat made preparations in case an evacuation was necessary."

Note: This is the 22nd ferry ship to burn/explode in 2015, so we're not quite up to 1 ferry burning per week yet. At least nobody died in the fire this time...

2015-06-19 - Boat bursts into flame on body of water near Bullhead City (Arizona):
http://www.facebook.com/bullheadcitybee/posts/850717131631226

Quote: "Firefighters are on scene of a boat fire on the Nevada side of the Fort Mojave Tribal beaches near Boundary Cone. One witness who was beaching in the area said he looked up and saw the boat floating on fire."

2015-06-19 - Boat bursts into flame near coastal Bribie Island (Australia):
http://www.caboolturenews.com.au/news/boat-goes-flames-near-bribie/2679215/
http://inagist.com/all/611767826878107653/
http://twitter.com/KathLanders/status/611767826878107653/photo/1

Note: These are the 515th, 516th and 517th boats or ships to burn/explode in 2015...

2015-06-19 - Charter school bus bursts into flame near Belmont Park in coastal Mission Beach (Florida):
http://www.12news.com/story/news/local/valley/2015/06/20/phoenix-bus-san-diego-fire-pinnacle/29024393/
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Tour-Bus-Engulfed-in-Flames-at-Belmont-Park--308565451.html
http://www.12news.com/videos/news/local/valley/2015/06/20/29026577/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/12News/612113388337016832

Quote: "A bus that had just unloaded a group of high school football players was soon engulfed in flames at Belmont Park Friday evening."

2015-06-19 - Charter school bus bursts into flame on I-95 in Spotsylvania County (Virginia):
http://www.wfls.com/high-school-kids-rescued-from-bus-fire-in-spotsylvania/
http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/busload-of-high-school-students-stranded-on-i--after/article_df37d0b2-168b-11e5-bf44-3ba8e024f47f.html

Quote: "A busload of D.C. high school students was stranded on Interstate 95 on Thursday afternoon when their charter bus caught fire, according to the Spotsylvania Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management."

Note: These are the 138th and 139th school buses to burn in 2015 and the 391st through 392nd buses to burn in 2015...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-20 - At least 30 boats and boathouse destroyed by huge fire at the Tacoma Narrows Marina (Washington):
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Cleanup-underway-after-fire-guts-building-at-Narrows-Marina-308899911.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/06/20/3849980/fire-burns-at-narrows-marina.html
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/puget-sound/smoke-from-narrows-marina-fire-seen-miles-away-at-chambers-bay/
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/tacoma/2015/06/20/firefighters-battle-fire-at-tacoma-narrows-marina/29056235/
http://q13fox.com/2015/06/20/fire-at-narrows-marina-warehouse-under-control/
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/fire-tacoma-marina-sends-smoke-plume/nmhRb/
http://www.topix.com/city/spokane-wa/2015/06/150621MGUJT4

Quote: "A fire at a Narrows Marina boathouse Saturday destroyed a small boathouse at Aaron’s Marine Service and at least 30 boats inside, Tacoma Fire Department safety officer Allen Estes said."

Quote: "Estes said investigators may not be able to determine the cause of the fire, which caused about $4 million damage."

Quote: "The Narrows Marina is at the end of South 19th Street in Tacoma, several miles from where the U.S. Open is ongoing at Chambers Bay in University Place. Smoke and flames were visible during the national broadcast of the tournament."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2015-06-20 - Yacht bursts into flame at 1 AM in the Boca Inlet near coastal Boca Raton (Florida):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/four-forced-to-abandon-burning-boat-near-boca-rato/nmhPr/
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boca-raton/38-bertram-boat-burns-early-saturday-off-boca-raton
http://www.wsvn.com/story/29369408/4-rescued-after-boat-catches-fire-off-boca-raton
http://article.wn.com/view/2015/06/20/Four_forced_to_abandon_burning_boat_near_Boca_Raton/
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-palm-beach-post/20150621/282179354723714/TextView

Quote: "A marine towing boat from Tow Boat U.S. Fort Lauderdale came to the rescue, removing the people from the smoldering boat and bringing it to shore, according to Ryan Little, a towing boat captain. The fire intensified as the boat approached the Boca Inlet. The towing company beached the boat in Lake Boca Raton so Boca Raton Fire-Rescue could extinguish the flames."

2015-06-20 - Boat bursts into flame at 2:45 AM while parked inside business in Murfreesboro (Tennessee), nobody there:
http://www.scrippsmedia.com/newschannel5/news/Murfreesboro-Business-Sustains-Damage-After-Fire-Starts-In-Boat-308713551.html
http://wgnsradio.com/mfrd-responds-to-early-morning-fire-at-parkers-window-tinting-cms-27110
http://wgnsradio.com/saturday-morning-fire-at-parters-window-tinting-cms-27104

Quote: "Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue said the fire happened at Parker's Window Tinting on Hanson Street around 2:45 a.m. Saturday. A police officer noticed the fire while out on patrol. It appeared the fire started in a boat inside a garage at the business. The owner had been living right above the shop, but wasn't home at the time, according to officials."

2015-06-20 - Boat bursts into flame at home in Hager City (Wisconsin), 1 injured:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/06/21/wis-man-hospitalized-following-boat-fire/
http://www.wqow.com/story/29371208/wisconsin-man-injured-in-boat-fire
http://www.channel3000.com/news/wisconsin-man-injured-in-boat-fire/33697732
http://www.startribune.com/wisconsin-man-injured-in-boat-fire/308838301/

Note: These are the 518th through 550th boats or ships to burn/explode in 2015. Not looking good for boats! Not unexpected though. Boats often have electrified copper, they sometimes have rusty iron/steel AND they're usually located in low-lying areas where a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide will tend to accumulate. Lots of dead people are being found in the water near their boats too, sometimes with their empty 'ghost boat' still running in circles. Also see the man who went missing at Lake Winnipesaukee (New Hampshire) on this day with his empty 'ghost boat' found circling, just one of many many similar events. Even if your boat doesn't burst into flame and/or explode then you might just slump over unconscious or dead and fall off of it, and if you fall into water while unconscious then you're highly likely to breathe water until dead...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-21 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, makes emergency landing in Canandaigua (New York):
http://www.eveningtribune.com/article/20150622/NEWS/150629911/-1/news
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20150622-48771-USA
http://www.websterpost.com/article/20150621/NEWS/150629943
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/06/21/rochester-flight-emergency-landing-canandaigua/29079157/
http://www.fltimes.com/news/article_30b84934-18ea-11e5-b375-8f9c9e69a490.html

Quote: "Some passengers on a plane that was forced to make an emergency landing at Canandaigua Airport Sunday afternoon believed they were about to die. A commercial plane with 37 passengers and three crew members aboard was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday afternoon when smoke filled the cockpit and passenger cabin."

2015-06-21 - Passenger plane hit by smoke in the cargo hold, makes emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport (Israel):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20150622-48767-ISR
http://www.timesofisrael.com/greek-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-israel/

Quote: "Ynet news reported that the plane was diverted after smoke was identified coming from the cargo hold."

Note: These are the 70th and 71st aircraft to smoke or burn in 2015. The airline business is, as Jim Carrey would say, SMOKIN'!

2015-06-21 - Fire station hit by fire just before midnight, two trucks and 3 inflateable boats destroyed, in Robinson Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.firetruckblog.com/2015/06/21/fire-at-station-destroys-a-volunteer-departments-fire-apparatus/
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/06/21/2-firefighters-injured-in-blaze-at-volunteer-fire-department/
http://www.wtae.com/news/Task-vehicle-fire-damages-local-fire-station/33696912
http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/2015/06/21/One-hurt-when-blaze-erupts-at-Robinson-fire-hall/stories/201506210220
http://wkbn.com/2015/06/21/2-firefighters-injured-in-blaze-at-volunteer-fire-department/
http://www.statter911.com/2015/06/21/firehouse-burns-in-pennsylvania-injuring-two-firefighters/
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/2-hospitalized-after-blaze-destroys-groveton-fire-/nmhZL/
http://www.wtae.com/news/Task-vehicle-fire-damages-local-fire-station/33696912

Quote: "The fire chief told TribLive.com and WTAE.com the fire started in a UTV."

Quote: "Kisow said the cause has been ruled accidental after officials saw security footage that caught its ignition, but the origin of the spark remains unknown."

Note: So this fire began when a UTV spontaneously ignited. That's the problem with parking vehicles inside buildings nowadays - when a vehicle bursts into flame then you often lose the building too. One brave firefighter drove their fire engine out of the burning building and saved that, this time...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-22 - Oil rig damaged by fire and possible explosion in the Gulf of Mexico:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20150623-48785-MEX
http://www.marinelink.com/news/explosion-confirms393393.aspx
http://splash247.com/explosion-pemex-rig-gulf-mexico-forces-inspectors-evacuate/
http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/164421/three-workers-evacuated-from-pemex-rig-fire-contained/

Quote: "Pemex confirmed that there had been an 'accident' and a 'fire' after a leak of oil and gas, while local media called it an 'explosion'."

Note: They sure use a lot of 'quotations' in this 'story'!

2015-06-22 - Yacht 'Anditi' bursts into flame while docked in coastal Coconut Grove (Florida), nobody aboard:
http://www.local10.com/news/crews-work-to-put-out-yacht-fire-in-coconut-grove/33722540
http://www.local10.com/news/crews-work-to-put-out-yacht-fire-in-coconut-grove/33720616
http://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/luxury-yacht-fire-in-miami--26623

Quote: "The owner of the yacht, which is called Anditi, said the boat was used Sunday and appeared to be working fine."

Quote: "Witnesses told Local 10 news they heard a loud bang that sounded like an explosion coming from the boat, which then burst into flames."

Note: Big ol' 82-foot luxury yachts exploding and burning with nobody aboard is totally normal! Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2015-06-22 - Boat bursts into flame while parked at home in Farndon, Chester (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/boat-on-fire-in-farndon-garden

Quote: "A boat was involved in a fire in the garden of a Farndon property. Firefighters, two wearing breathing apparatus, used two hose reel jets to put out the blaze. The house that the boat was parked near to was checked thoroughly to ensure there was no fire spread."

Note: Counting the oil rig as a ship, which it is, albeit of a very specialized kind, these are the 558th, 559th and 560th boats or ships to burn/explode in 2015...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-23 - Two cars go up in flames while parked in parking lot at Century Link in Anoka (Minnesota):
http://abcnewspapers.com/2015/06/23/anoka-responders-put-out-car-fire-in-century-link-parking-lot/

2015-06-23 - Car bursts into flame at 5:45 AM while parked in garage, fire spreads to home, in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/news/southeast-oklahoma-city-fire-damages-garage-attic/33725688
http://kfor.com/2015/06/23/fire-in-se-oklahoma-city-destroys-home/
http://www.okcfox.com/story/29384927/firefighters-investigating-house-fire-in-se-oklahoma-city

Quote: "According to firefighters, the homeowner heard a boom, went to the garage and found a car on fire. When firefighters arrived, the fire had spread to the attic."

2015-06-23 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home in Brewer (Maine):
http://q1065.fm/car-catches-fire-in-driveway-of-home/
http://bangordailynews.com/2015/06/23/news/bangor/vehicle-fire-in-brewer-knocked-down-quickly/
http://www.foxbangor.com/news/local-news/9966-brewer-orrington-fire-departments-respond-to-car-fire.html
http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/local/2015/06/23/firefighters-quickly-extinguish-vehicle-fire/29176099/
http://www.wlbz2.com/videos/news/2015/06/23/29181323/

2015-06-23 - Car bursts into flame at 5 AM while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Madisonville (Kentucky):
http://www.14news.com/story/29389868/car-fire-spreads-to-madisonville-home
http://www.19actionnews.com/story/29389868/car-fire-spreads-to-madisonville-home
http://www.wfsb.com/story/29389868/car-fire-spreads-to-madisonville-home
http://www.kplctv.com/story/29389868/car-fire-spreads-to-madisonville-home

2015-06-23 - Car bursts into flame while parked in parking lot at business in Great Falls (Montana):
http://www.krtv.com/story/29388765/crews-tackle-car-fire-in-downtown-great-falls-video

Note: More parked cars exploding and/or burning. People aren't taking the problem seriously. Ergo, people are becoming homeless and sometimes dead. As time goes on, there will be much more of this. At this point it's best not to park a vehicle near anything you wouldn't want to see on fire, especially your residence, since these fires can cut off escape routes and kill you, as has happened to numerous people already...



Category: Other Stories Of Interest

2015-06-24 - Many hundreds more methane seeps discovered venting methane in the deep ocean in the Arctic:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/06/24/more-methane-seeps-discovered-in-the-deep-ocean/
http://www.sott.net/article/298246-More-methane-seeps-discovered-in-the-deep-ocean

Quote: "Over a course of 12 days Dr. Giuliana Panieri and her colleagues from Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) collected images from seven areas of known methane release in the Arctic Ocean. One of them was Vestnesa Ridge, with over 1000 active seep sites at the depth of over 1000 m."

2015-06-24 - HazMat event, 37 people have trouble breathing, at fruit packaging company in Selah (Washington), unknown cause:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20150624-48803-USA

Note: Next to a pond with a stream winding around the place, near the Yakima River. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2015-06-24 - HazMat event, ten people sickened with nausea and burning eyes, in Lexington (Kentucky), unknown cause:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20150624-48809-USA

2015-06-24 - Dozens of swimmers sicken at beaches in Vera and Cuevas (Spain), blamed on plankton bloom:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150624-48808-ESP

Quote: "One man from Villaricos told almeriahoy.com how his entire family was affected after a swim. 'Heavy sneezing, a lot of mucus and in one case a nasty rash' he explained. 'I don't know what caused this but this cannot continue like this, nobody can go into the sea while this continues'."

2015-06-24 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreak hits Callander Bay in Ontario (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150624-48801-CAN



Category: Animal Die-Offs

2015-06-25 - Many fish and shrimp dying on the Gulf Coast in Mississippi:
http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2015/06/fish_kill_hits_mississippi_gul.html
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/sports/louisiana-sports-news/item/919406-fish-kill-hits-mississippi-gulf-coast

2015-06-25 - 700,000 salmon die at two facilities on coastal Vancouver Island (Canada):
http://www.nrk.no/finnmark/1.000-tonn-laks-dode-hos-grieg-seafood-i-canada-1.12423407
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Ffinnmark%2F1.000-tonn-laks-dode-hos-grieg-seafood-i-canada-1.12423407&edit-text=&act=url

2015-06-25 - Hundreds of thousands of mussels washing ashore at False Bay (South Africa):
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/false-bay-mussels-bonanza-1.1876136

Quote: "Terry Corr, the head of education at the AfriOceans Conservation Alliance, believes eating the mussels poses a serious health risk. He said the sheer numbers of mussels that have washed up from Strandfontein along the coast to Fish Hoek are indicative that something is wrong."

2015-06-25 - Thousands of fish washing ashore dead at coastal Oléron Island (France):
http://www.sudouest.fr/2015/06/24/charente-martitime-les-poissons-retrouves-morts-se-seraient-asphyxies-1961924-1504.php
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sudouest.fr%2F2015%2F06%2F24%2Fcharente-martitime-les-poissons-retrouves-morts-se-seraient-asphyxies-1961924-1504.php&edit-text=&act=url

2015-06-25 - Thousands of jellyfish washing ashore dead in coastal Saint-Brevin (France):
http://naturealerte.blogspot.fr/2015/06/25062015france-des-milliers-de-meduses.html
https://translate.google.com/translate?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://naturealerte.blogspot.fr/2015/06/25062015france-des-milliers-de-meduses.html

2015-06-25 - Hundreds of fish found dead in lakes in Welwyn Garden City (Britain):
http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/hundreds_of_dead_fish_found_at_stanborough_lakes_in_welwyn_garden_city_1_4125257

Quote: "Steven Rafferty, of Greencroft, Hatfield, has fished the lakes since he was a child and was just one of the many to express his disgust. He said: 'It’s like a nuclear holocaust. There’s decades of stock that has been lost.'"

Note: And life on Earth continues dying off...



Category: Animal Attacks

2015-06-26 - Shark attacks and injures man on the Outer Banks in Avon (North Carolina):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150626-48851-USA
http://www.whdh.com/story/29418954/5th-shark-attack-in-nc-in-2-weeks
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/5th-n-shark-attack-victim-reported-article-1.2273029
http://abcnews.go.com/US/47-year-man-airlifted-hospital-north-carolina-shark/story?id=32057809
http://www.13newsnow.com/story/news/local/north-carolina/outer-banks/2015/06/26/person-bitten-by-shark-at-avon-nc/29336379/
http://myfox8.com/2015/06/26/reports-of-another-shark-attack-in-outer-banks/
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/national/man-bitten-shark-north-carolinas-outer-banks/nmmsY/
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/top-stories/stories/47yearold-man-airlifted-hospital-after-north-carolina-shark-attack-18269.shtml

Quote: "This is the fifth shark attack along the North Carolina Sharkolina coastline in the past month."

Note: A huge mysterious explosion hit the Outer Banks in North Carolina in March and shortly afterwards a huge number of fish washed ashore dead. That was probably a methane and/or hydrogen sulfide bubble from the sea floor that breached the surface and then exploded and killed those fish, or they died from suffocation as the gas rose to the surface, or some of both. That event was mentioned in the 2015-03-18 update. Could be that a lot of fish in that area have been wiped out, so now the sharks are forced to look for something other than fish to eat, like people...

2015-06-26 - Shark attacks and injures man at Hunting Island (South Carolina):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150627-48853-USA
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article25581343.html
http://www.islandpacket.com/2015/06/26/3812713_tourist-bitten-by-shark-on-hunting.html?rh=1
http://www.wltx.com/story/news/2015/06/26/new-shark-attacks-reported-along-nc-sc-coasts/29351691/
http://www.islandpacket.com/2015/06/26/3813167_witness-to-hunting-island-shark.html?rh=1
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150626/PC16/150629490/1006

Quote: "In South Carolina, a man was bitten by a shark while swimming in the surf off Hunting Island about 11 a.m. Friday, according to the Lady’s Island-St. Helena Fire District. The man noticed a 4-foot shark swimming around him and yelled but was then bitten by a second shark he had not seen, said district spokesman Scott Harris. When first responders arrived, the man was on the beach with serious bleeding. He was transported by ambulance to Beaufort Memorial Hospital."

2015-06-26 - Shark attacks and injures woman at Jacksonville Beach (Florida):
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/local/possible-shark-attack-jax-beach/nmmwG/
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2015-06-26/story/woman-suffers-possible-shark-bite-jacksonville-beach-friday-night

2015-06-26 - Shark attacks and injures man at Look Out Beach in Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape (South Africa):
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Plettenburg-Bay-surfer-survives-shark-attack-20150626
http://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/shark-attacks-uct-student-at-plett-1.1877189

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Predators will attempt to adapt to the changes in the biosphere and may turn to our pets or to us as an alternate source of nutrition."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-27 - Waterpark hit by explosion and fire in coastal New Taipei City (Taiwan), 1 killed, 500+ people burned:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/06/29/cigarettes-spark-taiwan-fire/29453331/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/27/asia/taiwan-water-park-explosion/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-28/more-than-500-injured-amid-fire-explosion-in-taiwan/6578320
http://www.richmond.com/news/latest-news/ap/article_6c601fae-2d67-5655-a438-257aabe73bd5.html
http://abc13.com/news/fire-injures-scores-attending-party-at-taiwan-water-park/810045/
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/fire-engulfs-teens-at-taiwan-water-park-472413763821
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2015/06/28/439405/At-least.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/06/27/fire-taiwan-water-park-injures-hundreds/29391769/
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2015/06/27/29393811/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/taiwan-water-park-explosion-first-death-reported-following-fire-at-amusement-park-10351958.html

Quote: "A fire on a music stage spread into a crowd of spectators at a party Saturday night at a Taiwan water park, injuring nearly 500 people, including 141 in serious condition, authorities said."

Note: Blamed on some kind of powder or dust. Dunno, could be, but that may not have been the ONLY factor at play here. Powder and dust is a problem because it has a lot of surface area, and both methane and hydrogen sulfide will cling to the surface of dust, any kind of dust. That means that even inflammable dust, like granite dust or iron dust, can BECOME flammable if it's contaminated. Was the dust here contaminated? There's no way to know - nobody checked. If it was stored outside, open to the air, then however flammable it may have been normally, it could easily have become extraordinarily flammable, way worse than anyone would expect.

This area is also a coastal community and this event was outdoors. Did any flammable and odorless methane blow in off the ocean during this event? No way to know - nobody is checking. Nobody would see methane, or smell it, that's certain. An outdoor venue, on the coast, with a huge fire and hundreds injured - it's suspicious. Maybe this was a bad mistake with the dust or powder, or maybe that wasn't the entirety of the problem, or maybe that wasn't the problem at all. We'll never know for sure why these people burned. Regardless, when 500+ people go up in flames at an outdoor venue near a coast, it's worth noting, so note it I do.

The biggest underground explosion/fire event to occur anywhere on the planet so far also happened in Taiwan, in late July in 2014. A series of massive underground explosions and fires blew up several streets at midnight in the port city of Kaohsiung (Taiwan), killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds, mentioned in the 2014-07-31 update. So this devastating fire in Taipei isn't even the first huge and anomalous fire event on the island in the last year. One might be a fluke. Two? Coincidence? Seems doubtful, but three will certainly be a pattern, so let's see what happens next...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-28 - Brush fire grows to 3000 acres, 24 homes and 3 businesses destroyed, in/near Wenatchee (Washington):
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wildfire-near-Wenatchee-burns-dozens-of-homes-310578901.html
http://www.kirotv.com/gallery/news/national/photos-brush-fire-wenatchee-prompts-evacuations/gCTbc/
http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/washington/2015/06/29/at-least-24-homes-destroyed-in-wenatchee-wildfire/29481351/
http://q13fox.com/2015/06/29/businesses-go-up-in-flames-it-was-like-wenatchee-was-on-fire/
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/disasters/brush-fire-prompts-home-evacuations-wenatchee/nmnjx/
http://6abc.com/news/my-city-is-on-fire-wildfire-rips-through-washington-town/814474/
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/washington-wildfire-continues-burn-least-24-buildings-destroyed-n383801
http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/29427948/fire-burning-near-monitor-wash

Quote: "Chelan County Sheriff's Office says dozens of homes and commercial buildings are on fire right now. They say leave your home if you live on the north end of Wenatchee."

Note: In some of the pics you can see a river. That's the Columbia River. Wenatchee is located right next to it. Keep an eye on the wildfires as the Earth progressively burns - most of the fires are breaking out near bodies of water and/or near coastlines or in coastal states. That's not a coincidence...

2015-06-28 - Brush fire breaks out along the North Fork of the Flathead River near Columbia Falls (Montana):
http://flatheadbeacon.com/2015/06/27/firefighters-battle-wildfire-along-the-north-fork/
http://flatheadbeacon.com/2015/06/28/glacier-rim-fire-continues-to-burn-in-the-north-fork/

2015-06-28 - Wildfire burns 80 acres near coastal San Jose (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/06/28/wildfire-consumes-over-80-acres-near-san-jose/



Category: Fires And Explosions

2015-06-29 - Civic Stadium destroyed by massive blaze in Eugene (Oregon), 2-block radius evacuated:
http://koin.com/2015/06/29/eugenes-civic-stadium-in-flames/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/29/fire-eugene-civic-stadium/29493723/
http://kxan.com/ap/fire-chief-says-blaze-destroys-historic-stadium-in-oregon/
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/06/eugenes_civic_stadium_is_on_fi.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/civic-stadium-catches-fire/
http://927thevan.com/news/articles/2015/jun/30/fire-destroys-historic-oregon-baseball-stadium/
http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33248871-75/reader-submitted-photographs-of-eugenes-civic-stadium-fire.html.csp

Note: It was vacant but not falling apart or anything. Someone had just bought it for $4.5 million. So far as I know this is the first stadium to be completely destroyed by fire, but I'm sure it won't be the last. I try to highlight the 'firsts' as we go, like the first time TWO skyscrapers went up in flames, which happened in April in Jinzhong (China), mentioned in the 2015-04-28 update...



2015-06-30 - Military C-130 Hercules plane comes down smoking shortly after takeoff, crashes into residential area, explodes and burns, on Sumatra Island (Indonesia), 141+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20150630-48904-IDN
http://www.wbtv.com/story/29438312/police-141-bodies-recovered-from-indonesia-plane-crash
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-indonesia-military-plane-crash-20150630-story.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/30/indonesian-military-plane-crash-sumatra-medan
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article25815217.html
http://news.sky.com/story/1510656/military-plane-crash-kills-141-in-indonesia
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/indonesian-military-plane-crash-death-toll-climbs-to-141-1.3134359
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Military-Plane-Crashes-into-Homes-Killing-20-310872251.html
http://www.sott.net/article/298447-At-least-30-people-killed-as-Indonesian-military-plane-crashes-on-Sumatra
http://time.com/3941230/indonesia-military-plane-crash-medan-pictures/

Quote: "Witnesses said it was shooting flames and smoke before crashing."

Quote: "No details have been released regarding whether mechanical or human error led to the crash, but a witness said the plane was emitting smoke from at least one of its engines."

Quote: "North Sumatra police major A. Tarigan told TVOne that 141 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a residential area where the C-130 Hercules crashed shortly after takeoff on Tuesday."

2015-06-30 - Smoke in the plane sends passenger plane to emergency landing in San Antonio (Texas):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20150630-48898-USA

Quote: "'There were people that were reacting, that were freaking out and there was smoke coming out of the plane,' another passenger said. At least one passenger reported hearing noises prior to seeing smoke."

Note: These are the 76th and 77th aircraft to smoke or burn in 2015...

2015-06-30 - Forest fire erupts in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20150630-48909-UKR
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/chernobyl-forest-fire
http://kxan.com/ap/forest-fire-blazes-in-chernobyl-off-limits-zone/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/06/30/forest-fire-hits-large-section-off-limits-zone-around-destroyed-chernobyl/

Quote: "It was unclear if the fire has hit parts of the zone heavily contaminated by radiation from the 1986 reactor explosion and fire, the world's worst nuclear disaster. It's the second forest fire in the area this year. A massive fire broke out some 15 to 20 kilometers from the nuclear plant on April 28. Emergency services had deployed more than 300 firefighters, three planes and one helicopter to tackle that fire, which Kyiv said was the largest in Ukraine since 1992."

Quote: "This is the second fire in the off-limits zone in three months. The forest fire in April swept through 400 hectares and was described as the first fire in the area in more than two decades."

Note: So no fires here for decades and now two major fires in less than 3 months...



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